Umbrella-support.



No. 648,444. Patented May I, |900.

H. snENsEN.

UMBBELLA SUPPORT.

(Ap'plicatfion led Sept. 7, 1899.

(No Model.)

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l i y UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE HEINRICH sRENsEN, oEwANDsBECH, GERMANY.

UMBRELLA-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,444, dated May 1, 1900. Y Application filed September '7, 1899. Serial No. 729,768. (No model.)

To aZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HEINRICH SRENsEN',

t master baker, a subject of the King of Prusnot in use.

sia, German Emperor,residing at Wandsbeck, Sternstrasse 51,in the Kingdom of Prussia and Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella or Sunshade Attachments for Cycles, of which thefollowing-is a full, clear, and exact description. j

The subject of this invention is an attachment for Cycles whereby to enable an open umbrella or sunshade to be carried in any desired position relative to the rider, the essential feature of the invention comprisingmeans by which the umbrella is steadied by a firm grasp of the stick being obtained throughout the greater part of its length, such means being combined with` provision for adjusting and securing the umbrella at such an angle and in such a direction as may be required by meterological or other conditions.

Reference is to b e had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein-` j Figure l is a view of the appliance when Fig. 2 is a similar View in a plane at right angles to that of Fig. l, a part of the attachment being shown in section. Figy shows the means of gripping the umbrellastick as applied to the same. Fig. 4 shows a detail; and Fig.` 5 is a section on line 5c, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

4A is a screw-clamp adapted to bel fixed to the frame or handle-bar ofthe cycle and carrying an upright cylindrical bearing a, upon which the tubular socket b may be rotated, so as to be brought to any required angular position, an eccentric cam, to which the handle c is attached, serving to jam the socket `on its bearing when the requisite adjustment has been made. j

a is a spring-catch attached to a and engaging in an annular ufroove on the internal surface of the socket Ztoprevent the latter being lifted olf its bearing-asn for example, by wind getting under the umbrella. A rod cl (normally upright, or nearly so) is pivotally attached to the socket b at the point 1f, so as to be capable of movement in the plane of the axis of the socket b, the inclination of rod d to said axis being determined by the adj ustment of a thumbscrew e, pivoted to the socket Z), and having a nut engaging with a slot in the lower end of the rod. To the upper end of the rod d is Apivoted the bottom` overlying and parallel to the rod d-{and thus serving both to maintain a firm grip of the nmbrellaestick and to hold the lazy-tongs and .stick in a more or less upright position) byv means of the sliding collar k, which for this purpose is pushed upward on rod d until it j engages with the lower end of lever g. The

amount of lateral compression of the laz'ytongs f is thus constant, the spring-arms 71.' yielding sufficiently to accommodatesticks of different diameters. The lazy-tongs are of such proportions as, when extended, to cause the jaws h to grip the umbrella-stick at two points in its length a considerable distance apart, and so to afford a secure support for the umbrella under the varying conditions of wind, dro., the tongs when out of use being capable of being depressed and collapsed into a small compass.

v-It will be obvious thatbymeans of the adjustments provided bythe clamp A, the cylind rical bearing and socket ab, and the pivot joint Il the umbrella when supported by the tongsf can be readily fixed in any desired position relative to the :rider of the cycle.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. An attachment for a cycle adapted to support an open umbrella or sunshade in any desired position relativeto the rider, consisting of a lazy-tongs having pairs of spring arms provided with jaws adapted, when the tongs are locked in the extended position, to grasp the stick of the umbrella, said lazy- IOO ik I v terminal jaws adapted when the Alazy-tongs port an openumbrella or sunshade in any de- Y sired position relative to the rider consistingy ofa lazy-tongsmountedon a rod-adjustably pivoted to a support fixed to ythe handle-bar or frame'of the cycle and having twoor more pairs of oppositely-inclinedV spring-arms with` areextended'to bear 'against oppositesides Qfthe umbrella-stickatl tivo or more lpoints in. the length of ,the latter, means for locking the lazy-tongs; in the extended lposition and fatglhe, same time' insuringa .secure grip-of.

the umbrella-stickConsisting 0f. ajlever-arm port H111 sirfedposi'tionielativ -to, the rider consistir; g lof aglazy-ton gs Vnflountedvon a .rod adj ustf-Lbly p ivotcd toga support xed tothe lhandle-bar a vvor frame of the cycle `and having't'wo or more" yI pairs of'oppositely-inclined spring-armsi with v j terminal jaws adapted when the lazy-tongs areextended to'l bear `zplgainstf opposite. sides: I in;

5 forming.and extension'of one ot" the linksof the lazytongsiQiandlal lcollar fadaptedto slide 2,5,

Mt'ol engage". with fsaid@ lever-arm so as tofliold e 4thelatter fixed relativelyto said 'rod-substanthe lazy-tongs` 4in the extended position Aand at lthe same time insuring a secure grip of the umbrella-stick consisting of a lever-arm forming an extension of one of the lin-ks of the lazy-tongs' and a collar adapted to slide upon the rod supporting the lazy-tongs and to engage with said lever-arm so as to hold the latter fixed vrelatively to `said rod, and a lset-screw pivoted to the support and screwing through a nut in the arm and serving to enable the inclination -of'the attachment to be adjusted asjrequiredsubstantially as specied. Y

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